Fathi Mahmoud Allan.

Perminent Address:

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Birzeit University  P. O. Box 14,
 Birzeit, West Bank,
Israel.

Tel #: 972-2-9982144,  Fax #: 972-2-9957656.

e-mail: fathi@math.birzeit.edu

Education:

• Ph.D. Appl. Math., University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, 1992.
• M.S. Appl. Math., University of Missouri at Columbia, USA, 1982.
• B. Sc. Math., Birzeit University, Palestine, 1978.

Teaching Experience:

• Assistant Prof., Birzeit University, Palestine, 1996 to present.
• Visiting Researcher, Univ. of Paris XI, France, 1995-1996.
• Assistant Prof., Birzeit University, Palestine, 1992-1995.
• Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, 1987-1992.
• Math. Instructor, Birzeit University, Palestine, 1982-1987.
• Academic Assistant, University of Missouri at Colombia, USA, 1980-1981.
• Academic Assistant, Birzeit University, Palestine, 1980-1981.
• Math. Teacher, Catholic High School, Palestine, 1978-1980.

 Courses Taught:

Calculus, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Applied Mathematics( PDE's, ODE's and Complex Variables), Numerical Analysis, Business Statistics and Probability.

Other Work Experience:

• Chairman, Dept. of Mathematics, BZU, 1994-1995.
• Consultant at The Palestinian Central Bureau Of Statistics, Al-Bireh, 1996.
• General Director of the Palestinian Mathematics Olympiad , 1996 to present.
• Member of the Academic Council, Birzeit University, 1997 to present.

Computer Skills:

• BASIC, FORTRAN, C++. Parallel Programming. UNIX , Windows, DOS. VAX.
• Statistical Software: SAS, SPSS and STATA.

Memberships:

AMS , PSMS (Palestinian Society for Mathematical Sciences)

Scholarships:

• Birzeit University scholarship, 1990-1992.
• A.S.A.I. (Arab Student Aid International), 1987-1990.
• UNESCO Scholarship, 1987-1990.
• AMIDEAST Scholarship, 1981-1982.

Research Interests:

• Fluid Mechanics.
• Porous Media.
• Dynamical Systems.
• Numerical Analysis.
• Difference Equations.

Publications:

1. F. Allan, Effect of Nonlinear Perturbations on the Transition to Turbulence of the Blasuis Boundary Layer, Proc. of the American Conference of Applied Mathematics, Boulder, Colorado, USA, April 14-18, 1992.
2. F. Allan, Numerical Investigation of the transition to turbulence in the Blasius Boundary Layer , The First Annual Conference of the Palestinian Society of Mathematical Sciences, Birziet, A2: p. 77, June 16-18, 1993.
3. F. Allan, On the similarity solutions of a boundary layer problem over a moving wall, The Second Jordanian Mathematics Conference, Mu'tah University, Jordan, M505, Sept. 11-14, 1994.
4. F. Allan and J. H. Curry, On the transition to turbulence of the Boundary layer over a flat plate, The Second International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications, Viszprem, Hungary, Abstract: p. 9, August 7-11, 1995.
5. F. Allan, On simmialrity solutions of a boundary layer problem over moving surfaces, Appl. Math. Letters, pp. 81-85, 1997.
6. R. Abu-Saris and F. Allan, Periodic and Nonperiodic Behavior of Solutions of x_n+1=max{x_n²,A}/x_nx_n-1, Proc. of the second ICDEA, to appear.
7. F. Allan, T. Mughrabi, and M. Hamdan, Modeling of the infiltration of oil into ground layers.} Alquds J. Sci., to appear.
8. R. Abu-Saris and F. Allan, Periodic rational sequences involving the maximum function}, to appear.

In Progress:

1. F. Allan, Further Solutions of Falkner-Skan Equation.
2. F. Allan and M. Hamdan, The Fluid Mechanics of the Interface Region Between Two Porous Layers.
3. F. Allan and R. Abu Saris, On the existence and nonuniqueness of solution of the boundary layer equation of an upstream moving wall.

Referees

• Prof. James H. Curry, Dept. of Applied Math. Univ. of Colorado-Boulder, USA
• Dr. Hasan Yousef, Chairman, Dept. of Math. and Comp. Scince, BZU, Palestine.
• Prof. Ivar Ekeland. Dauphine University, Paris, France.
• Prof. Mohammad Hamdan, University of Bronswick, Canada.
• Prof. Saber Elaydi, Trinity University, Rhode Island, USA.